Chichén Itzá

Chichén Itzá

Back in February 2020, I had the pleasure of visiting Cancún. After spending most of Thursday traveling, we got up before the sun on Friday, to head to Chichén Itzá. Chichén Itzá is pre-Columbian city, built by the Mayan people. It is an UNESCO World Heritage Site, and one of the New Seven Wonders of […]

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The Middle Rhine

The Middle Rhine

Day four of our Rhine River Cruise showed us the scenic views of the middle Rhine. We started our day in Koblenz, Germany, where we disembarked the boat and loaded onto buses to head to Marksburg Castle. Marksburg holds the distinction of the only castle in the Rhine Valley to never have been destroyed. Built […]

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Windmills of Kinderdijk

Windmills of Kinderdijk

Day two of our Rhine River cruise started with a stop in Kinderdijk, a province of South Holland, Netherlands. Kinderdijk is a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its network of 19 windmills, built-in the 1700s. The windmills are still in operation today, and were designed to move water, as part of the flood-management system.

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